Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G

The women's super-G competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, 15 February.[1] Anna Fenninger from Austria won the race, getting her first Olympic medal. Maria Höfl-Riesch of Germany won the silver medal, and Nicole Hosp of Austria finished third. Of the 2010 medalists, only Tina Maze participated and finished fifth.[2]

Women's super-G
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueRosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Date15 February 2014
Competitors50 from 25 nations
Winning time1:25.52
Medalists
Anna Fenninger  Austria
Maria Höfl-Riesch  Germany
Nicole Hosp  Austria
Women's super-G
LocationRosa Khutor
Vertical   615 m (2,018 ft)
Top elevation1,580 m (5,184 ft)  
Base elevation   965 m (3,166 ft)

Summary

The race course was 2.100 km (1.30 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 615 m (2,018 ft) and a starting elevation of 1,580 m (5,184 ft) above sea level.[2] Fenninger's winning time of 85.52 seconds yielded an average speed of 88.400 km/h (54.9 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.191 m/s (23.6 ft/s).

Eighteen of the 49 competitors did not finish, including seven of the first eight racers on the course.[2][3]

The gold medal awarded in this event featured a fragment from the Chelyabinsk meteor to commemorate the first anniversary of this meteor strike.[4]

Results

The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC+4). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was 7.0 °C (44.6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was 9.0 °C (48.2 °F).[5]

RankBibNameCountryTimeBehind
18Anna Fenninger Austria1:25.52
22Maria Höfl-Riesch Germany1:26.07+0.55
16Nicole Hosp Austria1:26.18+0.66
420Lara Gut Switzerland1:26.25+0.73
519Tina Maze Slovenia1:26.28+0.76
630Fränzi Aufdenblatten Switzerland1:26.79+1.27
79Fabienne Suter Switzerland1:26.89+1.37
814Julia Mancuso United States1:27.04+1.52
915Viktoria Rebensburg Germany1:27.08+1.56
1010Nadia Fanchini Italy1:27.20+1.68
1113Regina Sterz Austria1:27.52+2.00
12Verena Stuffer Italy
1323Ilka Štuhec Slovenia1:27.69+2.17
1424Lotte Smiseth Sejersted Norway1:27.80+2.28
1535Edit Miklós Hungary1:27.87+2.35
1628Maruša Ferk Slovenia1:28.19+2.67
1733Klára Křížová Czech Republic1:28.30+2.78
182Leanne Smith United States1:28.38+2.86
1927Ragnhild Mowinckel Norway1:28.53+3.01
2031Marie-Pier Préfontaine Canada1:28.67+3.15
2139Sara Hector Sweden1:28.71+3.19
2242Barbara Kantorová Slovakia1:28.91+3.39
2334Chemmy Alcott Great Britain1:29.14+3.62
2432Elena Yakovishina Russia1:29.38+3.86
2543Kateřina Pauláthová Czech Republic1:30.17+4.65
2640Macarena Simari Birkner Argentina1:31.10+5.58
2750Bogdana Matsotska Ukraine1:31.58+6.06
2847Anna Berecz Hungary1:33.07+7.55
2945Helga María Vilhjálmsdóttir Iceland1:33.42+7.90
3044Ania Monica Caill Romania1:33.73+8.21
3149Agnese Āboltiņa Latvia1:36.10+10.58
1Carolina Ruiz Castillo SpainDNF
3Daniela Merighetti ItalyDNF
4Jessica Lindell-Vikarby SwedenDNF
5Marie-Michèle Gagnon CanadaDNF
6Marie Marchand-Arvier FranceDNF
7Laurenne Ross United StatesDNF
8Kajsa Kling SwedenDNF
11Dominique Gisin SwitzerlandDNF
21Elisabeth Görgl AustriaDNF
25Larisa Yurkiw CanadaDNF
26Francesca Marsaglia ItalyDNF
36Maria Bedareva RussiaDNF
37Karolina Chrapek PolandDNF
38Greta Small AustraliaDNF
29Stacey Cook United StatesDNF
41Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel PolandDNF
46Maria Shkanova BelarusDNF
48Kristína Saalová SlovakiaDNF
17Tina Weirather LiechtensteinDNS

References

  1. "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. "Ladies' Super G" (PDF). Sochi, Russia: FIS. Official results. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  3. Mintz, Geoff (15 February 2014). "Fenninger, Hoefl-Riesch and Hosp survive DNFs for medals in SG". Ski Racing. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. Augustine, Bernie (25 July 2013). "Select gold medals at Sochi Olympics will include meteorite fragments to commemorate Russian meteor strike". New York Daily News. NYDailyNews.com.
  5. Final Results
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